Foot cushion



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United States Patent FOOT CUSHRON John D. Kostouros, San Francisco, Calif. Application July 25, 1955, Serial No. 524,25ll

2 Claims. (CI. 36-85) The present invention relates to a new and improved foot cushion comprising a soft, flexible shoe having a flexible and resilient preferably tubular cushion mounted around the perimeter of a soft sole on said shoe and similar vertical or upright cushions arranged upon opposite sides of ankle portion or top of said shoe, said cushions being adapted to hold bed clothes and the like in spaced relation to a foot or feet suifering from a constitutional disorder, or to hold a foot or feet in spaced relation above a mattress, couch, or other support, whereby the pain of contact of certain disorders, such as gout, or the like, materially may be relieved.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved foot cushion having improved means adapted to support the greater portion of the surface of a foot away from contact with such supporting surface as a mattress or the like, and the greater portion of the weight of bed clothing and the like, whereby the pain of certain constitutional disorders materially may be relieved.

Another object is to provide a new and improved device of the character set forth having improved means adapted to practically isolate a foot, or feet, suffering from a constitutional disorder, from contact with bed clothing and the like.

The improvement comprises the foot cushion disclosed in the drawings forming a part of the present application, in which- Figure 1 is a partly broken side elevation of the device;

Figure 2 is a top plan view; and

Figure 3 is a rear elevation.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 2 is used to designate in general a soft, flexible shoe, formed throughout of a soft and flexible material and having a top or ankle portion 4, and around the perimeter of the sole of said shoe 2 is mounted a preferably tubular cushion 6, which may be hollow and pneumatic, as disclosed at 8, or further resiliently supported by a coil spring 10 therein, preferably of a flat rather than a round or cylindrical wire, as shown.

Mounted upon opposite sides of the ankle or top portion 4 of the shoe 2, are upright or vertical cushions 12 of similar elastic or flexible construction as the tube or cushion 6, adapted to support resiliently either side of a foot or ankle, not shown, when a patient is resting upon either side.

In certain constitutional disorders, such as gout or the like, the nether limbs are keenly sensitive to contact or the weight of bed clothing, or the weight of such limbs alone upon a mattress or similar support. With the present improvement, the tubular cushions 6 and 12 are adapted to practically isolate the feet, and particularly the great toes, which are most susceptible to excruciating pain, from contact with such coverings, and particularly the weight of said coverings, whereby the pain of such contact materially is reduced, as the feet practically are resiliently suspended and held from such contact.

The improvement contemplates cushions of various de grees of resiliency, adaptable for persons of various weights.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A foot cushion comprising a soft, flexible shoe having a top portion; a continuous resilient pneumatic tube mounted around the perimeter of the sole of said shoe; and similar upright tubes mounted upon opposite sides of said top portion.

2. A foot cushion comprising a soft, flexible shoe having a top portion; a continuous resilient pneumatic tube mounted around the perimeter of the sole of said shoe; similar upright tubes mounted upon opposite sides of the top portion of said shoe; and a coil spring of flat wire mounted within said tubes.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 683,595 Drouillard Oct. 1, 1901 2,128,134 Giusto Aug. 23, 1938 2,430,466 Hedman Nov. 11, 1947 

